Red Rock Pass Cost: Current Prices
These are the prices the Forest Service charges today for the Red Rock Pass, and exactly what a single pass buys.
| Pass | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | $5 | One calendar day, per vehicle |
| Weekly | $15 | Seven consecutive days, per vehicle |
| Annual | $20 | Twelve months, per vehicle |
The figures on this page change only when the Forest Service’s do. When that happens, our dated log of programme changes shows exactly what changed and when.
What One Pass Buys
The pass is priced per vehicle, not per person. One daily pass covers the parked car and everyone who arrived in it for one calendar day; the weekly runs seven consecutive days; the annual runs twelve months. Nobody in the car pays individually, and walk-up admission is not what is being sold — this is a parking fee for designated day-use sites with amenities.
What it is not: it is not a reservation, so a full lot is still a full lot. And it does not apply everywhere — the four concession-run creek sites and the two state parks near Sedona charge their own separate fees and do not accept it. Those exceptions have their own pages on this site.
Is the $20 Annual the Smart Move?
The arithmetic is short. An annual pass costs the same as four daily passes, and only $5 more than a single weekly. If your trip runs longer than a week, if you visit Sedona twice in a year, or if you live within day-trip range, the annual wins — there is almost no scenario where buying five or more daily passes in a twelve-month span beats spending $20 once.
One caution on names: the $50 Coconino Annual Pass is a different product for a different set of sites — the five concession-run areas the Red Rock Pass does not cover. It is a complement to the $20 annual, not an upgrade of it.
Why You See Different Numbers Online
Stale figures survive for years on travel blogs and forum threads. The discontinued Grand Annual Pass — $40, later $45 — still appears on plenty of sites even though it has been replaced by the $50 Coconino Hospitality Annual Pass, and outdated concession-site rates circulate too. When numbers conflict, trust a dated source; the table above tells you when it was last checked, and the update log records every change we have verified.
Price Questions, Answered
How much is a Red Rock Pass?
Is the price per person or per vehicle?
Is America the Beautiful cheaper?
Does the Red Rock Pass cover camping?
No. The pass is a day-use parking permit — it covers leaving your vehicle at a fee site while you hike, picnic or sightsee, and nothing else. Camping is billed separately. The Forest Service campgrounds in Oak Creek Canyon run $30 a night for one vehicle and up to eight people, with a second vehicle adding $10; they are operated by Coconino Hospitality and booked through Recreation.gov. Cave Springs and Pine Flat are open as of September 3, 2026; Manzanita is closed under the Oak Creek closure order. Stays are capped at seven days, and holders of a Senior or Access interagency pass pay half the nightly rate.
One honest caveat: the Forest Service does not publish an explicit statement that a Red Rock Pass is not also required at a campground. No campground page mentions one and the pass is described throughout as day-use parking, so we read it as not required — but that is our reading of the silence, not a published rule.
Can I sleep in my car at a trailhead, or camp for free near Sedona?
Not in the Sedona corridor. A standing Forest Service order — 03-04-06-23-03, in effect until January 2033 — prohibits camping on national forest land across Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon except inside the Pine Flat, Cave Springs, Manzanita and Chavez Crossing campgrounds. Sleeping in a vehicle counts as camping.
West of town a separate order confines camping to eight designated dispersed areas: Rockview, Angel Valley, Javelina, Surprise, Windmill, Cockscomb, Greasy Spoon and Nolan. That order carries an expiry at the end of August 2026 and may be renewed on different terms, so check its current status before you plan around it.
Pass-change alert
Rules and fees around Sedona change often
Rather than re-check this page yourself, hand us the checking. We re-read the Forest Service’s own pages on a monthly cycle, and you get one email on the day something actually changes — a fee, a covered site, or a closure. No speculation.
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- USFS Red Rock Recreation Guide (PDF) — current $5/$15/$20 tiers, per-vehicle rule
- Visit Sedona Red Rock Pass Q&A — program mechanics
- Sedona & Oak Creek Canyon camping and campfire restrictions (USFS) — Sedona/Oak Creek camping prohibition, in force to January 2033
- West Sedona camping and campfire restrictions (USFS) — the eight designated dispersed areas west of Sedona
- Cave Springs Campground (Recreation.gov) — Cave Springs Campground nightly rate and booking